Water-heater.



No. 871,706. PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907. D. L. & M. D. KLINE. WATER HEATER.

APPLIOATIONIILED MAR. 25, 1907.

S E S S E N n AT ORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE. 7

' DAVID L. KLINE AND MARTHA D. KLINE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

WATER-HEATER.

} Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nova. 19, 1907.

Application filed lilarch 25. 1907. Serial No. 364.261.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID L..KI:INE and MAR,TH A D. KLINE, citizensofthe United Will enable others skilled in theart to which ,itappertains to make and use the same, ref.-

' erence being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a water heater, and is designed for placessuch as hotels, boarding houses, or similar situations where I there isa constant demand for hot water, and Where the means for heating thewater is confined to a range boiler.

This invention is designed to provide a heaterthatis installed aroundthe flue pipe of a heating boiler for heating the house, and

another portion of the heater is installed in the flue of the chimney sothat the heaters are subject to the heat coming from the house heater,either steam, hot water or hot air,

and, a constant circulation is initiated by means of the heating, and atthe same time the withdrawal of water from the system in the houseadmits water that is compelled to ass through all the heating elementsbeore it emerges, and in this way hot water is constantly assured.

- The invention isvfurther designed to provide a heater, of this kind,that can be installed over any heater, and is preferably made ofelements that are clamped or securedtogether, and are thus in a positionto T be removed, when-necessary, wlthout unduly disturbing the heater orits flue connections 1 'In the drawings, Fi 'ure 1 is a side view of '45the device showing t e chimney in section.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the heating eler'nents showing theconnection from one to p the other.. Fig. 3 is as'ection on line 3, inFig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a view of a modified form of construction.

. Any form of heater 10 can be used in this device, and it is, providedwith the usual flue pipe 11 that leads into the chimney 12. Aroun theflue pipe, between the heater and the chimney, is installed one. of theheating members comprising two chambers formed at one end to grasp andreceive the flue pi e 11, and having the other end preferab y abuttingon the chimney and opening into the flue thereof. These chambers, ofcourse, 0 are hollow for the reception of water.

Arranged at a proximately right angles thereto, and installed in theflue of the chimney, are the water chambers 15 and 16, the chambernearest the heater being shortened 0 so as to allow a passage for theproducts of combustion into the flue between the chambers, and thus intothe chimney flue. These chambers are also hollow to receive water, and.are rcferablymadei semi-circular in 11 cross-section so that when theyare fitted together they can be fitted into the flue of the chimney. Thelonger of the pair of chambers, in the chimney, acts as a support byhaving its lower edge resting on a suitable 'll base in the chimneyflue. It will be understood that these halves or chambers of each. ofthe heating members are providedwith 1 means so that the chambers can befastened together to cause them to maintain their]! position. Toconnectthe chambers with asupply system, a pipe 17 is installed having asuitable valve 18, and this pipe feeds into a pipe 19 which passes upbetween the chambers 1'5 and 16 in the flue betweeen them, is 8! thussubjected to heat, and then passes, by means of the return connection20, into the chamber 16. The water is then passed through a pi e 21 intothe chamber 14, from' there 11708.11 e conducted, by the pipe 22, to I asuitable coil or receptacle 23, installed in the heater. A pipe 24 isthen used to convey the water into the heating chamber 13, and it thenpasses through the pipe 25 in the chamber 15, .and thena return bend 26is 9! utilized to allow the water to How out into the pi e 27 whichpasses down throu h the flue o the chimney, and is then conducted in anysuitable direction to feed the piping system ofthe house'that conductshot water It to where it is used.

This system is inex ensive to install, and has theadvantage 0 beingcompact, and utilizes space,- in a house, that is not usually used foranything, and also has the advan 1t tage of using up the heat comingfrom a heater, which at present is wasted and passes out thechimney"without doing any good. The pipes 22 and 24, with the coil 23,can be dispensed with, if necessary, and a pipe 28 or 11 any othersuitable element can be used to connect the chambers 13 and 14, thisconnection being shown in Fig. '2.

In Fig. 4 1s illustrated a modified form of construction, where the pi e17, conducting water to the heater, can he twisted into a coil 29 toenvelop the flue pipe of a. heater, the p1 e then passing into a coil 30which is A instal ed in the flue of the chimney, and the .each memberconslsting of a .the heat to surrounding Wood-work, causing a fire. Thepresent heater will prevent this.

H avmg thus described our invention, what we claim is Y I 1. A heatercomprising a,pair of members arranged at an approximate right angle,each memberconslsting of separable chambers, one member arranged toembrace the flue plpe of a heater, the other member being installed inthe flue of a chimney, and both members being arranged to form a fluethrough them, pipes connecting the chambers of the members, a pipe toconduct water to one of the members, and a pipe to conduct the waterfrom the heater.

2. A heater comprising a pair of members arranged at an approximateright" angle,

air of chambers forming a flue between,them, a pipe connecting each ofthe chambers of one of the members with a chamber of the second member,a pi e conducting Water from one of the cham ers of "the" second memberthrough the heater, and returning to the other chamber of the secondmember, a pipe supplying water to the heater and passing into one of thechambers of the first member, and a pipe passing from the other chamberof. the first member to conduct water from the heater. 3 i a 3. A waterheater comprising a pair of members, one member consisting of a pair ofchambers to form a flue between them, one

of the chambers being longer than the otherto form a support for themember and to permit the passage of gas into the flue between them, asecond member comprising a pair of chambers to embrace-the flue pipe ofthe heater, a pipe conducting water'from each chamber of the firstmember to each of the chambers of the second member, a pipe conductingwater to one of the chambers of the first member, a pipe conductingwater from the other chamber of the first member, and a pipe connectingthe chambers of the second member.

4. A water heater com rising a pair of members, one of the mem ers comrising a 'pair of chambers to form a flue, etween them, a second membercomprising a pair of chambers to embrace theflue pipe of a heater, oneof the chambers: of the first member bein longer thanthe other to form asupport or the member, and to permit the passage of gas into the fluebetween them, a pipe connecting'each of thechambers of one member withone of the chambers of the other member, a pipe conducting water'to'one'of the chambers of the first member, a

pipe conducting water from the other charner of the first member, andapipe connect;

ing the chambers of the second. member' n testimony that they claim theforegoing, theyhave hereunto set their hands this 23d day of March 1907.

DAVID L. KLINE. a MARTHA D. KLINE. Witnesses i WM. H. CAMFIELD, E. A.PELL.

